In group A of the Europa League, Thursday, October 4, will be played Bayer Leverkusen – AEK Larnaca. The confrontation will take place on “BayArena”, starting at 17:55. The host team is trying to forgo the defeat with Borussia Dortmund.
Although they entered the break with a two-goal advantage, the “aspirines” succumbed to Dortmund, 2-4. Transferring this summer from Hertha Berlin, Mitchell Weiser opened the scoring from the 9th minute, marking the first time this season. Tah increased the gap shortly before the break, but the second part of the game was one at the discretion of the opponents. It was the failure to score on the ground in 2018. Thus, Leverkusen will now try to retaliate with the fans and at the same time strengthen his first position in the group. Noteworthy that in five of the last six games played by Bayer scored goals in both gates.
On the other hand, AEK managed to win the Super Cup after being forced to shoot in front of APOEL. It was the first Super Cup to win the 6th trophy in the history of the club. In the group stage of the Europa League, after a seven-year absence, the Cypriots are trying to get the first points after they gave Zurich 0-1 in the previous round. Especially in the last 11 dispatches made during the competition he recorded only two defeats. However, what is right, AEK has evolved only in preliminary tours during this period, meeting quite modest opponents. Only in four of these games the table has undergone more than three changes.
This will be the first direct confrontation between the two bands.
Probable teams:
Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): Hradecky – Wendell, Bender, Tah, Weiser – Kohr, Bender – Brandt, Havertz, Volland – Alario
AEK Larnaca (4-2-3-1): Toño – Ioannou, Gonzalez, Mojsov, Igor Silva – Larena – Tete, Trichovski, Hevel, Barrera – Giannou
PREDICTION: BTS / NO @ 1.80
